We are Paydoor, an escrow company registered under the name Flostech, a Nigerian Company with office at 187B, OFF OREMEJI BUS STOP, MEIRAN ROAD, MEIRAN, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA with company number 1952483
For any access requests, questions, or inquiries about how we use your Personal Information, please contact us at support@paydoor.co.
Paydoor does not take your trusting us with your information for granted. The privacy of our Users is important to us and we are committed to safeguarding it. Hence, this Privacy Policy explains the Personal Information which we collect, why we collect it, and what we do with it.
This Privacy Policy describes your privacy rights regarding how and when we collect, use, store, share and protect your information across our website, APIs, Software Applications, (“Apps”), email notifications and tools regardless of how you use or access them.
This Privacy Policy applies to all of the Websites, software applications (“Apps”) offered by Paydoor or affiliated companies collectively referred to as Paydoor“services”.
This Privacy Policy statement is to provide all persons and organizations whose Personal Information we hold with a description of the types of Personal Information we collect, the purposes for which we collect that Personal Information, the other parties with whom we may share it and the measures we take to protect the security of the data.
Accordingly, we have developed this privacy policy for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate, disclose and otherwise make use of personal information. We have outlined our privacy policy below.
To Empower the individual: Paydoor wants you to be in charge of your personal information and to make your own voluntary choices about your Personal Information;
To keep and secure personal information: Paydoor does not take your trusting us with your information for granted. We take responsibility for ensuring that appropriate security measures are put in place and your personal information is protected;
To be transparent and to educate users: For you to know what personal information is, how we collect personal information, for what purpose and how we secure personal information;
To abide by local laws: Paydoor is a company with local privacy expertise. Our privacy practices may vary among the cities in which we operate to reflect local practices and legal requirements. Specific privacy notices may apply to some of our products and services. Please visit the webpage or digital asset of the specific product or service to learn more about our privacy and information practices about that product or service;
To collect and store personal information on the “need to collect” basis: Paydoor collects personal information to perform its services for you. We work to have measures in place to prevent collecting and storing Personal Information beyond what we need.
1. Personal Information we may collect about you;
2. How we get your Personal Information and why we have it;
3. How we may use your Personal Information;
4. Data security and retention
5. Disclosing your Personal Information;
6. Marketing
7. Your data protection rights and choices
8. Cookies
9. Use by Minors
10. International transfers
11. Data Protection Officer
12. Training
13. Dispute Resolution and Filing a Complaint
14. Updates to our privacy policy
15. Contact Us
Identity Data: Information such as your full name(s) and your government-issued identity number, and your date of birth. This data is to enable us to verify your identity to offer our services to you;
Contact Data: This is data that is needed to reach out to you, such as your contact address, email address, telephone number and billing details;
Log/Technical information: When you access Paydoor services, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website, links you have clicked on, length of visit on certain pages, unique device identifier, log-in information, location and other device details.
Financial Data: Information, such as Bank Verification Number (BVN), personal account number, the merchant’s name.
Transactional Data: These are information relating to payment when you as a merchant (using our walleting service) or as a customer, are using our products or services;
Marketing and Communications Data: This includes both a record of your decision to subscribe or to withdraw from receiving marketing materials from us or our third parties.
Records of your discussions with us, if we contact you and if you contact us.
We may also collect, store, use and transfer non-personal information or anonymized data such as statistical or demographic data.
As a principle, we do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Information. If we do collect Special Categories of Personal Information, we will ensure compliance with applicable law.
This Privacy Policy applies to Paydoor’s services only. We do not exercise control over the sites displayed or linked from within our various services. These other sites may place their cookies, plug-ins or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information from you. Paydoor does not control these third-party websites and we are not responsible for their privacy statements. Please consult such third parties’ privacy statements and set appropriate controls from your setting when using any third-party services.
The lawful basis we rely on for processing your Personal Information are:
Create and manage any accounts you may have with us, verify your identity, provide our services, and respond to your inquiries;
Process your transactions (including authorization, clearing, chargebacks and other related dispute resolution activities);
Protect against and prevent fraud, unauthorized transactions, claims and other liabilities;
Provide, administer and communicate with you about products, services, offers, programs and promotions of Paydoor, merchants and partners;
Evaluate and improve our business, including developing new products and services;
To target advertisements, newsletter and service updates;
As necessary to establish, exercise and defend legal rights;
As may be required by applicable laws and regulations, including for compliance with Know Your Customers and risk assessment, Anti-Money Laundering, anti-corruption and sanctions screening requirements, or as requested by any judicial process, law enforcement or governmental agency having or claiming jurisdiction over Paydoor’s affiliates;
To use data analytics to improve our Website, products or services, and user experiences and to optimize service.
For other purposes for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection.
The security of your Personal Information is important to Paydoor. We are committed to protecting the information we collect. We maintain administrative, technical and physical controls designed to protect the Personal Information you provide, or we collect against loss or theft, as well as against any unauthorized access, risk of loss, disclosure, copying, misuse or modification.
Other security measures include but are not limited to, secure servers, firewalls, data encryption and granting access only to employees to fulfill their job responsibilities.
Where you use a password for any of your Accounts, please ensure you do not share this with anyone, and the password is kept confidential at all times.
We are committed to conducting our business following these principles to ensure that the confidentiality of your Personal Information is protected and maintained. Transmitting information online is not entirely secure. As such, we cannot guarantee that all information provided online is secure. We would take all reasonable steps to ensure that your Personal Information is secured and well protected.
We will only retain personal information on our servers for as long as is reasonably necessary as long as we are providing Services to you. When you close your Account, your information is stored on our servers to the extent necessary to comply with regulatory obligations and for fraud monitoring, detection and prevention. Where we retain your Personal Information, we do so in compliance with limitation periods under the applicable law.
We may disclose or share your Personal Information with third parties which include our affiliates, employees, officers, service providers, agents, suppliers, and subcontractors as may be reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.
Paydoor only shares personal information with External Third parties in the following limited circumstances:
We have your consent. We require opt-in consent for the sharing of any personal information; We share Personal Information with third parties directly authorized by you to receive Personal Information, such as when you authorize a third-party application provider to access your account. The use of your Personal Information by an authorized third party is subject to the third party's privacy policy and Paydoor shall bear no liability for any breach which may arise from such authorization by you.
We provide such information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies or other trusted businesses or persons for processing personal information on our behalf. We require that these parties agree to process such information based on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
We have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to:
satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request,
enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof,
detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or
protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of Paydoor, its users or the public as required or permitted by law.
If Paydoor becomes involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its assets, we will provide notice before personal information is transferred and become subject to a different privacy policy.
We may process your Personal Information to contact you or send you marketing content and communication about our products, services or surveys. You may exercise your right to object to such contact from us or opt out of the marketing content. Please note however that if you opt-out of marketing content, we may still send you messages relating to transactions and our Services related to our ongoing business relationship.
We may ask you for permission to send notifications to you. Our Services will still work if you do not grant us consent to send you notifications.
Based on your location and applicable laws, below are the rights you have as a user regarding your Personal Information:
Right to be informed.
Right to request access or copies of your Personal Information by signing into your Account or contacting us.
Right to request that Paydoor erase your Personal Information. You have the right to ask us to erase your Personal Information. Please note that this is a limited right which applies where the data is no longer required, or the processing has no legal justification. The exceptions to this right are where the applicable law requires Paydoor to retain a historical archive or where we retain a core set of your Personal Information to ensure we do not inadvertently contact you in future where you object to your data being used for marketing purposes.
Right to correct or rectify any Personal Information that you provide which may be incorrect, out of date or inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
Right to object to the processing of your Personal Information for marketing purposes. You have a right to ask us not to contact you for marketing purposes by adjusting your notification preference on the settings page or by opting out via the unsubscribe link in marketing emails we send you.
Right to object to processing: You have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Information in certain circumstances. Please note that where you object to us processing your Personal Information, we might be unable to provide the services to you.
The basis of processing your Personal Information is your consent. You also have the choice at any time to withdraw the consent which you have provided.
You also have a choice to deactivate your Account at any time. You may contact us should you wish to deactivate your Account at any time via the contact Us segment below or send us an email at support@paydoor.co
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set above, please contact us using the contact information provided in the contact Us segment below. Where we are unsure of your identity, we might ask you for proof of your identity for security reasons before dealing with your request.
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Paydoor’s websites and applications are not directed at persons under the age of eighteen (18) and we do not collect any Personal Information knowingly or directly from minors who fall within this category.
Where you have any belief that Paydoor has mistakenly or unknowingly collected information from a minor, please contact us using the information provided under the contact us section to enable investigation and restrict such data.
Where Personal Information is to be transferred to a country outside Nigeria, Paydoor shall put adequate measures in place to ensure the security of such Personal Information and to ensure the same is done securely and under the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation.
Paydoor ensures that employees who collect, access and process personal Information receive adequate data privacy and protection training to develop the necessary knowledge, skills and competence required to effectively manage the compliance framework under this Policy and the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) concerning the protection of Personal Information.
If you have any complaints regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at support@paydoor.co. We will investigate and work on resolutions for complaints and disputes regarding the use and disclosure of personal information within thirty (30) days under this Privacy Policy and the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation.
From time to time, we may change, amend or review this Privacy Policy to reflect new services or changes in our Privacy Policy and place any updates on this page. All changes made will be posted on this page and where changes will materially affect you, we will notify you of this change by placing a notice online or via mail. If you keep using our Services, you consent to all amendments to this Privacy Policy.
All access requests, questions, comments, complaints and other requests regarding the privacy policy should be sent to support@paydoor.co
We may request additional details from you regarding your complaints and keep records of your requests and resolution.